Florida Statute 481.211 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 481
ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

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481.211 Architecture internship required.—An applicant for licensure as a registered architect shall complete, before licensure, an internship of diversified architectural experience approved by the board, which meets the requirements set forth by rule.

History.—ss. 6, 19, ch. 79-273; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 8, 23, 24, ch. 88-383; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 301, ch. 94-119; s. 27, ch. 2012-61.

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Cases v. Dep't of Bus. & Prof'l Reg., Bd. of Architecture & Interior Design, 651 So. 2d 772 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 2280, 1995 WL 91864

...Section 481.213, Florida Statutes (1993), defines the criteria for licensure. The statute provides, in part, that “[t]he board shall certify for licensure by examination any applicant who passes the prescribed licensure examination and satisfies the requirements of ss. 481.209 and 481.211, for architects." Id. § 481.213(2) (emphasis added). Section 481.211 prescribes the internship requirements for architects....

...The two alternatives do not include the Bachelor of Science of Architecture degree held by the applicant. All three of the above cited statutory sections must be read in pari materia. That is so because subsection 481.213(2) explicitly requires applicants to comply with both section 481.209 and 481.211....

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